Officers Seek Hit-run Driver

LAUDERDALE LAKES — A hit-and-run driver is being sought by the Broward Sheriff`s Office in connection with a Saturday accident that left a bicycle rider in a coma, authorities said.

The victim, Byron Robert Donaldson, who turned 19 today, was in serious but stable condition Monday night at Florida Medical Center, according to officials.

Donaldson, who lives in the 4500 block of Northwest 36th Street, was trying to cross State Road 7 on his bicycle near Northwest 36th Street at about 2 a.m. Saturday when he was hit by a car in the southbound lane, Sheriff`s Office spokesman Jim Leljedal said.

The driver of the lime green-colored sportscar, described by witnesses as either a Triumph TR 7 or Mazda RX 7, backed up after hitting Donaldson, took a look at him and then sped away, Leljedal said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff`s Office Traffic Homicide Division at 765-4089 or 765-4321 or Crime Stoppers tips line at 765- TIPS.